SB 1383 - Short-lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP): Organic Waste Reduction and Edible Food Recovery

California State Senate Bill (SB) 1383 establishes targets to achieve 75% reduction in the statewide disposal of organic waste from 2014 levels by 2025.  There is also a requirement for a 20% improvement in edible food recovery by 2025.

AB 1826 - Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling

California Assembly Bill (AB) 1826, Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling, requires jurisdictions to have a commercial organics recycling program in place. The law applies to businesses and multi-family residential dwellings that consist of five (5) or more units. Jurisdictions are required to include information on compliance with this law in their annual reports to CalRecycle.

AB 341 - Mandatory Commercial Recycling

Effective July 1, 2012, California Assembly Bill (AB) 341 requires all businesses and public entities that generate four (4) or more cubic yards of garbage per week and multi-family dwellings with five (5) or more units to recycle. The purpose of the law is to reduce garbage from landfills and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Businesses and multi-family dwellings that meet the garbage generation thresholds in Pomona are required to do one of the following: 

Source separate recyclable materials from the solid waste they are discarding and either self-haul or arrange for separate collection of the recyclables. To use an "alternate hauler", businesses are required to have a site visit with an Athens Services Recycling Coordinator to determine if they eligible for a waiver from organics or recycling service. Even though the business can waive recycling service, they will still have to subscribe to trash service with Athens Service. These waivers are reviewed annually, and as needed if there is a change in service needed. Please contact Athens Services at (888) 314-0061.

Subscribe to a service that includes mixed waste processing that yields diversion results comparable to source separation.

California's Legislature, through AB 827 requires businesses subject to AB 1826 (Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling law) and AB 341 (Mandatory commercial Recycling law) to provide customers with recycling and/or organics collection bins or containers to collect materials that are from products purchased on the premises. These bins or containers must be visible, easily accessible, adjacent to garbage bins and clearly marked with labels of what goes in each bin. 

The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) requires each jurisdiction to divert 50% of its solid waste from being disposed in landfills. California Senate Bill (SB) 1016 builds on AB 939 compliance requirements by implementing a simplified measure of the City's recycling performance. Under this measurement system, a city needs to annually dispose of an amount equal to or less than its "50 percent equivalent per capita disposal target" calculated by CalRecycle.